Everyone talks about opportunity for MBAs from target schools, but nothing about opportunity for those from non-target programs. What are some realistic opportunities for those guys / gals?
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Waste of money, won’t realistically have a chance at IB.
Without connections, I truly don’t see the point of getting a mid-tier mba
This is so entirely not true.
To OP:
Go on LinkedIn and make a list of non-target schools you are looking at and in the ‘school’ filter list those. Then for industry: “investment banking.” It may be good to get more specific and filter for the well known banks.
Linkedin will give you a much better sense than you will get here.
Big help, thank you
That's good to know, I suspected this was the case so I intentionally kept my grad school cost low. It will still pay dividends in the end, just won't be working for GS anytime soon. Thanks
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